The Assassination of Mr. Wright This thrilling play, “Trifles” formerly known as A Jury of Her Peers, Susan Glaspell uses this play as a feminist outlook in the 1920’s to make a statement to her peers. This play first takes place in the out of order kitchen of an abandoned farmhouse. Five people enter the house two women and three men; George Henderson the County Attorney, Henry Peters the Sheriff, Lewis Hale the neighboring farmer who found the body, Mrs. Peters the Sheriff’s wife, and Mrs. Hale the neighboring farmers wife. Mr. Hale explains what happened when he came to ask if John Wright would like to go in on a party telephone. Mrs. Wright was pleating her apron and was very shaky. Mrs. Wright told Hale where the body was, and what
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Wright. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters were constantly being pestered on how women did their work by the men. When Mr. Hale was talking he said, “Well, women are used to worrying over trifles” (Glaspell, pp. 1930), the women started to question why they are helping. The men start to criticize how Mrs. Wright’s kitchen looked, and speaking harshly about Mrs. Wright. The women have a keen eye for differences in the household. Men don’t realize you don’t mess with women, especially the silent type. The men keep pestering the women about the Mrs. Wright’s stitching of the quilt, her dirty kitchen, and the belongings she asked …show more content…
Wright was lonely and isolated for many years with only the bird for comfort. This is not how a woman should be or wants to be treated. Mrs. Hale feels like she failed Mrs. Wright by never coming to the desolate home. When the men come down the stairs they still do not get the reason why Mrs. Wright would kill her husband; Men. Women in most cases would most likely be found guilty because women are oppressed and are made to feel inferior. This is exactly what’s happening to Mrs. Wright; men trying to be the superior sex. Again, the men make the women feel down about their decision to bring Mrs. Wright her preserves and belongings including the dead canary. When the County Attorney makes the assumption, “... a sheriff's wife is married to the law” (Glaspell, pp. 1936), they are completely blindsided by what the women
Wright. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters were constantly being pestered on how women did their work by the men. When Mr. Hale was talking he said, “Well, women are used to worrying over trifles” (Glaspell, pp. 1930), the women started to question why they are helping. The men start to criticize how Mrs. Wright’s kitchen looked, and speaking harshly about Mrs. Wright. The women have a keen eye for differences in the household. Men don’t realize you don’t mess with women, especially the silent type. The men keep pestering the women about the Mrs. Wright’s stitching of the quilt, her dirty kitchen, and the belongings she asked …show more content…
Wright was lonely and isolated for many years with only the bird for comfort. This is not how a woman should be or wants to be treated. Mrs. Hale feels like she failed Mrs. Wright by never coming to the desolate home. When the men come down the stairs they still do not get the reason why Mrs. Wright would kill her husband; Men. Women in most cases would most likely be found guilty because women are oppressed and are made to feel inferior. This is exactly what’s happening to Mrs. Wright; men trying to be the superior sex. Again, the men make the women feel down about their decision to bring Mrs. Wright her preserves and belongings including the dead canary. When the County Attorney makes the assumption, “... a sheriff's wife is married to the law” (Glaspell, pp. 1936), they are completely blindsided by what the women